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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 12002

A cut or wound on the trunk, arms, legs, scalp, neck, or a similar area is cleaned and closed with a single layer of stitches. This version covers a wound that is a bit longer than the smallest size handled with this type of simple repair.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound cost?

$519

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $519 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$102$72.44 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$200 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $132 to $871Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $60 to $186
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $102

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.18

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Colorado than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$519

$102 physician + $417 facility

CO $2,408ME $187

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.